Robert Hanley

Robert Hanley (1844-1899) was the Sheriff of Strawberry, Oklahoma during the late 19th century. He was killed in a shootout with outlaws Micah Bell and Arthur Morgan in 1899.

Biography
Robert Hanley was born in Strawberry, Oklahoma in 1844, and he was elected Sheriff during the late 19th century. He was a gruff lawman who took his job seriously, even harboring a disdain for bounty hunters. In 1899, he dismissed Arthur Morgan when he pretended to be a bounty hunter in order to discover where the Sheriff was holding the outlaw Micah Jones, only to engage in a shootout with Morgan when he used an iron donkey to break Jones' cell window open and help in his escape. Hanley said that he never should have believed Morgan, and Morgan shot Hanley dead in the shootout.